Paper-roll-dispensing machine



B. MILLER. PAPER ROLL DISPENSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MW. 21, 1920.

1,380,729. Patented June 7, 1921.

IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY. I

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BARNET'MILLER, OF ROCKVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rArEn-RoLL-msrnnsms MACHINE.

Application filed November 27, 1920. Serial No. 426,777.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BARNET MILLER, a

d subject of the former'Czar of Russia, re-

siding at Rockville, in the county of 'Iolland and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Roll-Dispensing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper-roll dispensing machines and to an attachment therefor. At the present time thereis found in all kinds of stores,.a paper-roll dispensing machine which generally involves a frame and a cutting member. Theframe supports a roll of paper, the paper from which in the form of a web, passes under the cutting member to be torn off in advance of it to provide material for wrapping purposes. In the present machines in universal use when the forward portion of the web is torn or cut away, the line of cut is exactly coincident with the cutting member so that before a fresh supply can be had this cutting member must be elevated and the roll turned. Aside from requiring time for this purpose there are other obj ections. I provide an article which can be made as an attachment to the standard ma-- chine and by which the paper can be properly cut but back of the out line there will 7 remain a free selvage which can be readily grasped when another portion is to be separated from the roll. Therefore by my invention it is not required that the cutting member be lifted or anything adjusted as must be done with the present form of machine.

. In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification, I have shown in detail one of the several forms-of embodiment of the invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention will be set forth fully in the following description. Obviously I am not restricted to this disclosure. I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claims following said description. I

Referring to said drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a paperroll dispensing machine equipped with an attachment involving the invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the upper portion of the machine in dotted lineswith the attachment in operative position.

Patented June *3, 1921.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the attachment; v 1

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views. 7

The paper cutter comprises in its construction a frame comprising the practically duplicate standards or uprights 2 which receive between them for turning motion the shaft 3 which carries the paper roller 4:. The frame pivotally supports the cutting member 5 practically in bail or U-form which rests by its weight or gravity. against the surface of the paper roller. The web of paper is led under the cross bar of the cutting member, the lower portion of which 1s in the form of a knife. orcutting edge. This 1s a brief description of a roll cutter of well-known form. Itisv clear that when the forward portion of the sheet is cut away from the remainder, the cut edge is exactly coincident with the cutting edge of the cutting member so that as a consequence the front edge of the paper being exactly coincident with the cutting edge nothing is left to grasp so that before the paper can be fed forward, it is necessary to either lift the cutting member 5 or to advance the paper by turning the roll either of which has its disadvantages as is well recognized.

The attachment is denoted in a general way by 6 and as shown it comprises a cliplike body 7 the back flange or portion of performs no function in cutting but presents merely a carrier for the attachment and also functions as a weight acting against the paper.

The forwardflange of the body is shown as having a practically flat flange 8 the length of which is equal to the length of the forward flange. Ihis flange 8 which might be considered as a cutting member as will hereinafter appear, is as shown somewhat wider than the forward flange of the body 7 being as shown at practically an acute angle to said forward flange.

The body 7 will be clipped to the cutting portion of the cutting member 5. To cut off paper the web is advanced and the sheet brought under the edge of the cuttin flange when by a lateral pull on the forward portion of the sheet sufficient of it may be severed from the balance. It will be observed that the line of cut is somewhat forward of the line at which the roll of paper is held so that when a out has been made there will remain between the flange 8 and the body 7, a selvage of free paper which can be readily grasped to enable the sheet to be pulled forward to cut off through the action of the flange 8, the necessary quantity.

While the subject matter of the present invention has been designated as an attachment, it is conceivable that it might constitute a permanent part of the machine.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment for a paper roll-dispensing machine involving a cutting member, comprising a clip-like body to detachably fit said cutting member, the forward cheek of the clip-like body having a downwardlyextending flange along the upper portion thereof and which is at an angle thereto and the free portion of which constitutes a cutting edge.

2. An attachment for a paper-roll dispensing machine involving a cutting member,

comprising a clip-like body to detachably fit said cutting member and the cheeks of which are flat, the forward cheek of the cliplike body having a downwardly-extending flange along the upper portion thereof and which is at an angle thereto and the free portion of which constitutes a cutting edge.

An attachment fora paper-roll dispensing machine involving a cutting member, comprising a clip-like body to detachably fit said cutting member and the cheeks of which are flat, the forward cheek of the cliplike body having a downwardly-extending flange along the upper portion thereof and which is at an angle thereto and the free portion of which constitutes a cutting edge, said cutting edge being situated below the lower side of the clip-like body and the attachment being offlat sheet metalstock in one piece.

Witnesses Morr s KosTiNsKY, HE TH SUTHERLAND.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signa- 

